The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh

ACE exists to support and encourage people to take more control of their lives. We believe in people co-operating as equals to create a shared world free from exploitation. We work together in the spirit of mutual aid.

The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh (ACE), is a self-managed social resource centre open for use to groups or individuals who are trying to make a better society and improve their lives. If you have a project you want to get off the ground but are struggling for lack of resources, ACE is the place for you. There are many different projects already based at ACE who’d love for new folk to get involved.

Please drop by when we’re open, or come to one of our friendly open organising meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 pm.

ACE is open every Tuesday from 12 to 3 pm for the Edinburgh Claimants / Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty drop-in advice and solidarity session on debt, dole, work and housing hassles.

We’re also open on the second & last Thursday of the month 6 to 8 pm to the public as well as occasional group events. When open the Info Shop is available to browse and purchase a range of radical literature as well as access to the Scottish Radical Library lending library and the many other resources available at ACE.

We’re child friendly and wheelchair accessible and abide by a ‘Safer Spaces’ policy.

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The intent of our open day was to invite people along, to relax, browse our space and ask any questions they might have. Our colourful premises have been noticed by many but not everyone has been able to come in and say hello. Importantly, we wanted to let people know [more]

The 3rd Action Against Austerity conference was held in Edinburgh today. 10 groups involved in the fight against austerity contributed to a serious take, on where we go from here regarding the fightback against the austerity agenda.
We see serious flaws in the current political system, Westminster is a mess and [more]

A few new zines have recently been added to the Info Shop.
Keep your eyes peeled for more zines being drip-fed into the shop...
Thanks go to the Infotheek and the Anarchief at AC Gent
Dangerous Spaces: Violent Resistance, Self-Defense, & Insurrectional Struggle Against Gender
Untorelli Press - can be downloaded from http://untorellipress.noblogs.org/catalog/
Anarchy & [more]

VICTORY - EDINBURGH CHARITY SHOP PULLS OUT OF WORKFARE
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Anti workfare demonstrators have won a victory in Edinburgh as the Hospices of Hope charity shop in Stockbridge has withdrawn from workfare. Protestors converged on the shop in Deanhaugh Street on the morning of 29th June, following reports [more]

B and M BLOCKADED!
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Anti workfare demonstrators blockaded B and M Bargains in Musselburgh by Edinburgh on 27 June. Demonstrators denounced that the Jobcentre threatens claimants with sanctions to force people to work for their benefits for employers like B and M. Many shoppers turned away when it [more]

For your radical Christmas presents we have new stock in the infoshop
directly from AK Press and from last London Anarchist book fair...
also for this week we'll be holding some special sales on our old
stock including titles from Dave Douglass, Darren Johnson and others!
In our new stock you can also find [more]

Join us for an evening of music, history and poetry.
In 1992 the unemployed and claimant users took control of the Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre to stop its closure. In 1994 they resisted the imminent eviction of the Broughton Street Centre by launching a 24 hours per day occupation, which [more]

EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 HOURS ON MONDAY 8 JULY, 2013
Briefing - Housing impacts of welfare reform – Survey of councils
COSLA carried out a survey of all councils at the end of May along with Scottish Government and ALACHO. The intention of the survey was to gain an early understanding of the [more]